“Went into Arnold Clark Dumfries to look at Mercedes b class today30th car was filthy badge was stuck on with insulating tape guy went to get salesman so I left swiftly”
“Dropped my car off at my local Arnold Clark on a Sunday evening after being recovered by Green Flag. Tensioner was faulty and the drive belt had snapped. Returned to the garage this morning to organise getting the car booked in only to be told they would not be able to even have a look at it until September 7th. Staff member's attitude was very poor and she was very rude indeed. She said that I could leave it with them and they may or may not be able to look at it before that date. She asked what was the issue and after telling her she said I would need to pay £130 upfront for diagnostics. After informing her what the issue was and assuring her there was no damage to the engine she said that I would need to pay another £100+ for an engine check. I called an independent garage who recovered my car for me, carried out the job in a matter of hours and charged me £170 for all work and parts.
I dread to think how much my bill would have been from AC, do not use this company!!”
“Sales people are rude and won't leave you alone to look at cars.
The chav salesman at the Huddersfield branch would not go away so I did, he lost a potential sale.”
“Sold a two year service plan only to discover my new fiesta only needed a service every 2 years / 18000miles. The service document Invoice was vague and unclear and not sure whether the oil filter, oil change, or brake fluid were changed. Not confident and seeking an independent assessment as to whether it’s been done. Will update shortly”
“Bought a car with a 2 year service /mot package. Year 1 car passed its MOT but apparently needed a lot of work done , over £1000 , work which included new tyres as apparently mine were perishing. Took car to my own local mechanic and told only 1 item was urgently needed done - less than £100 and that tyres would last me at least another 3 to 4 months. Went back after 4 months - nope tyres still good - those tyres were eventually replaced 9 months after AC told me they needed done.
This year - 2nd service/mot - car fails mot due to unsecure exhaust - quoted over £900 ( for manufacturer part), also told I had an oil leak from driveshaft. Take car again to my own local mechanic - he says oil leak is almost non existant and doesnt need touched. Exhaust - welded no need to replace and MOT redone - PASS. Cost including VAT and MOT £92 !!!!!!!
Absolute rip off lying shower of ***** I will never use AC for anything again and i'm making sure I tell as many people as possible - they have been getting away with this for too long”
“Google won't allow this review for some reason. I've taken my car for its service/MOT to a Vauxhall dealership for around 10 years. Why? So that my Lifetime Warranty would be maintained. Paid more than I would have at other garages. It passed the MOT without any issue in 2019. Last Saturday, the wishbone snapped while my son was driving it. He was lucky he didn't get killed. The provisional diagnosis - rotten sub-floor or frame (can't remember which he said). How on earth did it go from a pass to rotten in 9 months? I heard today that's it's a known fault........
I work for the nhs and thought I'd write to their CRS department to enquire about a free hire car for nhs staff. They say allow 4 working days, which I did. No reply. So I thought we'd do a wee social experiment. They were polite and very quick to reply when the name was Anglo-Saxon, not so polite when the name is not Anglo Saxon. Lack of diversity training perhaps?”
“To say I am disgusted is an understatement, discovered my father in law was getting his car MOT done at Arnold Clark, it failed and they told him would be £657 for the repairs, luckily they needed an email address so Bruce saw what they were wanting, so we tell him to say no they then told him he couldn’t take the car away as was dangerous to be on the road, fast forward getting advice that we could get the car back and taking car to an independent garage who Is also a friend and low and behold £180 for the same job plus a new mot, Arnold Clark should be ashamed of themselves taking advantage of pensioners 😡😡🤬🤬”
“A deposit was put down during the covid19 lockdown. As soon as the dealership opened the deal made over the phone had gone past the allotted time. However as they were closed during lockdown they extended the deal for us. They wouldn't allow us to test drive the car and wouldn't deliver it so that I too could see the car. They consequently sent us a video to review online. The girl who presented the video informed the alloys where in 'very good condition'. The guy who did the deal told us it hadn't been a smokers car which was a deal breaker for us as we are all non smokers. BOTH LIED and cheated us to get a deal. my husband picked the car up from the garage drove it home and contacted them straight away to say all the alloys where scrapped all the way around each alloy which he had not noticed when he collected the car and as the staff had all the car doors open the car smelt like something he couldn't put his finger on. My husband then had to drive all the way home with the windows down because the smell of smoke was so bad with the windows closed. When he took the documents out of the car, all our hands smelt of smoke. Yet the guy from Arnold Clark informed us that same morning we collected the car late afternoon before the deal was made that the guy whom valets the cars had confirmed it had definitely not been a smokers car. Even though we contacted them just shy of an hour later the same day they have refused to take the car back. They lied to us and cheated us of £7000. DO NOT believe or trust anything they say. The staff will say anything to get a deal. The car was bought on the trust of Arnold Clarks reputation as we had previously bought a car from the Preston branch, with what they had promised i.e. alloys in 'very good condition' and the fact it wasn't a smokers car. I would not recommend using these lying cheats. Be warned if you buy a car from them.”
“Had to give 1 star as nothing lower. Needs minus 5
This companies Nottingham branch is totally useless and deceitful , My Daughter and I purchased a car Jan 2020 the salesperson was great but it was his last day so thats properly why. We have not received theV5c so I contacted DVLA who told me my daughter Was not registered keeper of that vehicle, I rang numerous time to admin at dealer no response finally got through told sorted that day still no V5 weeks later told they had registered the vehicle to wrong person electronically who also bought a car the same day and she reassured me they had contacted DVLA to rectify. Still no V5 weeks turned in to months
covid 19 arrived so couldn’t speak to DVLA. Finally got through to DVLA today to be told nothing whatsoever has be registered or received and as regards contacting them it was incorrect. Never will I use these idiots again I will stick to Avaliable Car. I await the scripted reply.”
“Everything that the motor retail industry shouldn't be. Absolute lack of organisation, untrained staff, led by a scruffy arrogant unprofessional "stereotype used car salesman". A disgrace to this and any other industry. Scruffy badly prepped car, time wasting staff, commanded by a pathetic little man with not an iota of an idea how to run a dealership, team, or present himself or the company he is engaged by. York is a very large village (his csi should have taught him that).”
“The worst car rental company, we are tourists from Russia, we have professional driving linsence and experience driving a car for more than 20 years, we could not rent a car in branch Arnold Clark in Arnold Clark Car & Van Rental, Newcastle South (DH3 2SN) because we were like people from another planet for the company, this company has no experience working with foreigners For this, this company has a huge negative review. Let UK citizens feel the same discomfort and refusal when applying to a rental company in Russia when they arrive there as tourists. My advice, use the best SIXT companies in Eurocar and never contact with Arnold Clark if you came to the UK as a tourist.
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Andre”
“Bought car one month ago from Glasgow, reported a problem with the wheel balance after one week and told to take to local branch. First they could see me is 3 weeks later to which i was told the car had a plethora of problems from tyres, suspension, wheel alignment, brake fluid and as a result, the balding tyres. Have said they would cover steering/suspension but not wheel alignment or balding tyres (which they have said is because of the wheel alignment) ???? how can they sell a car with all of these issues, very poor service and would not recommend.”
“A shocking example of poor customer service and lack of professionalism from sales management.
I recently made a purchase from Arnold Clark Linwood Vauxhall and irrespective of my spend, the after care service I received (one week later) was less than poor. Allow me to explain.
I purchased the car remotely and picked it up early evening in the dark. The salesman that I conducted the transaction with was accommodating I looked around the car from the outside, in the dark and then left the showroom. After returning home and looking over the car in more detail I began to notice the poor interior finish. Little or no effort was made to valet a car. I took it upon myself to have the car professionally valeted and asked for a detailed report and their findings are listed below
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The car had only been wiped over and hoovered. There was women's make up residue down the door pilers, indicator arms, gear knob and steering wheel. The seat has similar marks and additional chocolate related stains were found. All of the door hinging had not been touched and the engine bay looked as if the car had been driven through a dust storm.
So, with that in mind, I wrote directly to Mark Currie at Arnold Clark, Sales Manger, underlining just some of the issues. Here is his response and I quote part of his less than profession response
"The interior should have been perfect.,and we don’t clean under bonnets because of engine immobilisers and water getting into electrics but that doesn’t stop us from taking a brush or dry cloth around the metal areas and clean up"
You'll note from his tone and response that "The interior should have been perfect", but it wasn't Mark. Neither was your email
Those of you that have taken the time to read my review will also notice that there are a larger number of EX Arnold Clark customers that have had poor customer service reviews followed with a standard on line response along the lines of "we are sorry to hear blah blah blah ......" etc etc. On this occasion, Mark Currie should, in my opinion, of admitted short failings by Arnold Clark and offered to rectify it. He chose to be short in his response, unprofessional in his approach.
A very disappointed and unsatisfied ex customer”
“Made the sales agent aware that I am travelling all the way from Manchester to see the car I wanted (a 63 reg Mazda 6) which was in Kirkcaldy and I was assured numerous times that the car is in great condition and there are no issues with it.
Arrived there, went for a test drive, during which I heard the passenger mirror making some strange noise. When I asked about it I was told that someone will have a look at it when we get back at the dealership. Once we arrived back I spent a few more minutes to inspect the body work and the engine bay. During this time I noticed that the front bumper was cracked indicating that the car has been involved in some sort of accident. They obviously tried repairing it but wasn't done properly.
The sales agent said that he wasn't aware of this issue (which is quite hard to believe).
While he agreed to return the £100 deposit I paid to reserve the car, when I asked for my travel expense to be reimbursed I was told that it hasn't been approved by the manager.
So I have wasted £200 and a day of my life because of their dishonest description of the car.
Submitted 2 formal complaints on Arnold Clark's website and I was told somebody will be in touch within 48 hours. 2 weeks later and nobody has contacted me.
Avoid Arnold Clark!
By the way, the car's reg was SK63 WGM - in case any of you wants to buy it, DON'T!”
“Best thing to do is swerve the showroom on London rd Glasgow, order the car for my son almost 3 weeks ago paid deposit, then paid for the car 4 days later. Still no car constant lies from showroom the manager hasn’t got the decency to call you back, and customer service just pay you lip service. The worst ever”
